Victorian Consolidated Regulations

MAGISTRATES' COURT (FAMILY VIOLENCE PROTECTION) RULES 2018

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   ORDER 1—PRELIMINARY

   PART 1--GENERAL

   1.01.   Object  
   1.02.   Authorising provisions  
   1.03.   Commencement  
   1.04.   Revocations  

   PART 2--INTERPRETATION

   1.05.   Definitions  

   PART 3--APPLICATION OF RULES

   1.07.   Application  

   PART 4--MISCELLANEOUS

   1.09.   Legal representation  
   1.10.   Filing of documents  
   1.11.   Seal of the Court  

   ORDER 2—NON-COMPLIANCE WITH THE RULES

   2.01.   Effect of non-compliance  
   2.02.   Dispensing with compliance  

   ORDER 3—TIME AND DOCUMENTS

   3.01.   Court may fix time  
   3.02.   Content and form of documents  
   3.03.   Registrar refusing to accept documents  
   3.04.   Scandalous matter  

   ORDER 4—PROCESS IN THE COURT

   PART 1--POLICE PROTECTION BEFORE COURT

   4.01.   Application to extend direction or detention  
   4.02.   Process for filing family violence safety notices  

   PART 2--APPLICATIONS FOR FAMILY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION ORDERS

   4.03.   Application for a family violence intervention order  
   4.04.   Application for associated final order  
   4.05.   Application for variation, revocation or extension of a family violence intervention order  
   4.06.   Form of consent  

   PART 3--MISCELLANEOUS

   4.07.   Request for further and better particulars of application  
   4.08.   Withdrawal of applications  

   ORDER 5—SERVICE AND RELATED MATTERS

   PART 1--GIVING OF DOCUMENTS BY COURT

   5.01.   Process if Court required to give documents to a person  

   PART 2--MATTERS RELATING TO SERVICE

   5.02.   Certificate of service  
   5.03.   Inability to serve  
   5.04.   Certificates may be filed by facsimile or electronic communication  

   ORDER 6—STAY OF PROCEEDING

   6.01.   Stay of proceeding  
   6.02.   Striking out proceeding  

   ORDER 7—SUBPOENAS

   7.01.   Attendance by subpoena  
   7.02.   Address of subpoena  
   7.03.   Service  
   7.04.   Conduct money  
   7.05.   Setting aside  
   7.06.   Production before date of attendance  

   ORDER 8—AFFIDAVITS

   8.01.   Form of affidavit  
   8.02.   Affidavit by illiterate, blind or incapacitated person  
   8.03.   Content of affidavit  
   8.04.   Affidavit by 2 or more deponents  
   8.05.   Alterations  
   8.06.   Annexures and exhibits  
   8.07.   Irregularity  
   8.08.   Filing and service of affidavits  
   8.09.   Service of affidavits if party is unrepresented  
   8.10.   Affidavit sworn before party  

   ORDER 9—EXPERT EVIDENCE

   9.01.   Statement or report of expert to be filed  
   9.02.   Service of statement or report  
   9.03.   Service of statement or report on unrepresented party  
   9.04.   Putting statement or report filed by other party in evidence  

   ORDER 10—HEARINGS

   10.01.  Order of hearing  
   10.02.  No addresses  
   10.03.  Absence of party  
   10.04.  Alternative arrangements for giving evidence  

   ORDER 11—ORDERS AND OTHER MATTERS

   11.01.  Certified extracts  
   11.02.  Form of written explanation of interim family violence order  
   11.03.  Form of written explanation of final family violence order  

   ORDER 12—VENUE AND TRANSFER OF PROCEEDINGS

   12.01.  Venue of Court  
   12.02.  Place of hearing of application  

   ORDER 13—REHEARINGS

   13.01.  Application for rehearing  
   13.02.  Form of application  
   13.03.  Rehearing date  

   ORDER 14—APPEALS

   14.01.  Form of notice of appeal  
   14.02.  Stay of relevant decision  

   ORDER 15—MISCELLANEOUS

   15.01.  Risk assessments  
   15.03.  General power of amendment  
   15.04.  Directions  

   ORDER 16—PROCEDURE UNDER THE VEXATIOUS PROCEEDINGS ACT 2014

   PART 1--INTERPRETATION

   16.01.  Definitions  

   PART 2--APPLICATIONS AND NOTICES

   16.02.  Applications for leave to apply for extended litigation restraint orders that relate to intervention order legislation  
   16.03.  Applications for extended litigation restraint orders that relate to intervention order legislation  
   16.04.  Applications for acting in concert orders—intervention order legislation  
   16.05.  Application for leave to proceed under extended litigation restraint order that relates to intervention order legislation  
   16.06.  Application for leave to proceed under general litigation restraint order  
   16.07.  Notice of applications  
   16.08.  Application for leave to apply for variation or revocation of extended litigation restraint order that relates to intervention order legislation  
   16.09.  Application to vary or revoke extended litigation restraint order that relates to intervention order legislation  
   16.10.  Notice of application to vary or revoke litigation restraint order  

   PART 3--PROVISIONS APPLYING TO APPLICATIONS

   16.11.  Application of Part  
   16.12.  Service of applications  
   16.13.  Day for hearing  
   16.14.  Adjournment  
   16.15.  Absence of party to application  
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